Hair-drying apparatus



Feb. 17, 1931. Q FUCHS HAIR DRY ING APPARATUS Filed July 8, 1930Clttotmq Patented Feb. 17., 1931 cm FUCHS, or zunrcn, swrrznnnnnnnun-name arrannus Application filed July 8, 1930, Serial No. 466,504,

Applications have been filed in England May 28, 1930, No. 16,460, and inSwitzerland, May 29,1929,No. 65,466.

The hair-drying apparatus according to the present invention secures aneasier and more uniform drying of the hair, the uniform drying beingindependent of the action of the person usingthe' apparatus. 'In thefirst place, the invention consists in that a protective hood, which ispermeable to air, is unrotatably mounted 'in a bell-shaped drying airdistributor which is rotated mechanically. Furthermore, the bell-shapedair distributor is preferably provided with a plurality of radial hollowarms. Further, the air aspirator and the drive for rotating the airdistributor are preferably mounted in a hollow base of the apparatus,the air being passed through a colunm and the rotation of the airdistributor being efiected toothed wheel gear.

The invention is explained with reference to the accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a side view of one construction, Figure 2 shows a-portion of the construction in section, Figure 3 is a section along theline AB in Figure 2,

Figure 4 shows the upper part of a second construction, and i Figure 5shows the lower portion of the second construction.

In Figures 1 to 3, 1 is a hollow base with a stand 2. 3 are air inletopenings. In the base 1 are a rotating and heating motor 5 and an airaspirator 4 in the form of a fan. 6 is a hollow column, on the top ofwhich is located a flexible tube 7, terminating in a pipe 8. Anair-permeable protective hood 9 is attached securely to the said pipe 8.The bell-shaped drying air distributor is mounted rotatably about thepipe by means of ball bearings. The said air distributor has hollow arms12, which are provided with nozzles 13, directed towards the centralaxis, for the air. The air can enter the hollow spaces of the arms 12through radial holes in the pipe 8. A spur wheel 14 is secured to theair dis- .tributor 11, the said spur wheel being rotated by a bevel gearon the shaft of the motor 5,

by a flexible shaft and a flexible shaft 16 and aand in Switzerland May29, 1929.

second spur wheel 18. 17 is a bearing for the flexible shaft 16. An arm19 located on the pipe 8 pivotally engages a clip 20 which may beclamped securely at different heights on the column 6.

When the motor 5 is connected to the mains, the fan 4 draws in outsldeair, which is warmed by the motor 5 and is forced through the conduit 6,7,. 8 into the airdistributor and out of the nozzles 13.

At the same time,

the air distributor is slowly and-evenly rotated mechanically by themotor 5, while the protective hood 9 remains stationary. The flexibleshaft enables the angle which the central axis of the air distributorand of the protective hood makes with the axis of the drive.

- In the construction shown in Figures 4 and 5, an air supply pipe 21,passing through the base 1, is connected to the hollow column 6,

and may be connected to a central source of hot air. Moreover, a smallrotating motor 22 is mounted on the bearing 17 for rotating the toothedwheel 18.

I claim 1. In an apparatus combination of a bell-sha for hairdrying, the

ed drying air distributor, air outlet openings on the inner side ofsame, a conduit for supplying air to the air distributor,

an air-permeable protective hood within the air distributor and meansfor mechanically rotating the air distributor about the stationaryprotective hood.

a pipe for supplying air to the air distributor, an air-permeableprotective hood within the air distributor, cally rotating the air andmeans stationary protective hood.

3. In an apparatus combination of a belltributor, air outlet openingsfor hair-drying, the haped drying air dison the inner side of same, aconduit for supplying air to the air distributor, an-air-permeableprotective hood within the 'air distributor, and means for mechanicallyrotating the air distributor the column to be varied, withoutinterrupting .90 for mechamdistributor about the about the stationarywheel gear,

protective hood, distributor and protective hood being angularlyadjustable on a column, the column being a part of the air supplyconduit.

4. In an apparatus for hair-drying, the combinationof a bell-shapeddrying air. distributor, air outlet 9 enings onthe inner side of same, aconduit or supplying air to the air distributor, an: air-permeableprotective hood Within the air distributor, means for mechanicallyrotating the air distributor about the stationary protective hood,distributor and protective hood being angularly adjustable'on a column,the column being a part of the air supply conduit, a hollow base on thecolumn containing a rotating and heating motor and an air aspirator, therotating mechanism being connected to the air distributor through aflexible shaft and toothed the air aspirator communicating with thecolumn.

testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification.

' CARL FUCHS.

